Sec. 492.055. ACCOUNTING FOR REINSURANCE CONTRACTS. (a) An insurer shall account for reinsurance contracts and shall record the contracts in the insurer's financial statements in a manner that accurately reflects the effect of the contracts on the insurer's financial condition.
(b) A reinsurance contract may contain a provision allowing the offset of mutual debts and credits between the ceding insurer and the assuming insurer, whether arising out of one or more reinsurance contracts.
(c) The commissioner may adopt reasonable rules relating to:
(1) the accounting and financial statement requirements of this section and the treatment of reinsurance contracts between insurers, including minimum risk transfer standards, asset debits or credits, reinsurance debits or credits, and reserve debits or credits relating to the transfer of all or any part of an insurer's risks or liabilities by reinsurance contracts; and
(2) any contingencies arising from reinsurance contracts.
(d) A rule adopted under Subsection (c) after September 1, 1995, applies to:
(1) a reinsurance contract entered into on or after the effective date of the rule; and
(2) a reinsurance contract that is amended on or after the effective date of the rule.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2007.
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